Upon pause, video jumps back an unpredictable number of seconds

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Bobby - 23 May 2008 17:06 GMT

As a transcriber of .wmv files, I frequently need to stop and start video
using pause button. Upon playback after pause, the file seems to
automatically rewind an UNPREDICTABLE number of seconds each time, sometimes
none at all, sometimes 5 seconds, sometimes 10 seconds. This is only the case
with some files. Other times, the pause button works as it's supposed to,
picking up playback at the exact point of pause. I am also having the same
problem with a footpedal that operates via USB and a free-download plug-in.
Have been told there should be a setting on WMP that allows you to select the
number of seconds to rewind after pause, but can't find it on version I have,
11.

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 23 May 2008 17:57 GMT

> Have been told there should be a setting on WMP that allows you to select the
> number of seconds to rewind after pause, but can't find it on version I have,
> 11.

You're in the wrong newsgroup then. This is the newsgroup for the Mac
version of WMP.
You should probably repost in the regular WMP newsgroup to find a better
answer :-\

Corentin

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] - 23 May 2008 19:23 GMT

>As a transcriber of .wmv files, I frequently need to stop and start video
>using pause button. Upon playback after pause, the file seems to
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>number of seconds to rewind after pause, but can't find it on version I have,
>11.

WMP can only really jump to keyframes for non-indexed content.

Depending on how the authoring of the file took place, those
keyframes may well be 8 seconds apart, typically for talking head
videos (eg online presentations)

I've never seen a lag as large as you describe though - it might be
interesting to use Windows Media File editor to save the file as
Indexed WMV content. WMFE is a small program included in the install
of windows media encoder, which you can get from this page :
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx

If the files aren't WMV but some other content (eg MPEG2) the results
of seeking and pausing can be unpredictable - you can use windows
media encoder to convert those directly to an indexed WMV file with
specified keyframe spacing if the initial results aren't great.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Upon pause, video jumps back an unpredictable number of seconds